Tom Tancredo takes Ken Buck’s microphone and the squirming begins

Giving Tom Tancredo the microphone at somebody else’s event can be a mixed blessing for Republicans, as Ken Buck learned all over again Thursday afternoon.

Buck was hosting a hot dog picnic with Tea Party conservative Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, in City of Cuernavaca Park downtown. The event was supposed to rally Tea Party supporters around Buck, with DeMint holding a fundraiser on Buck’s behalf later in the day.

Tancredo took the microphone after Buck and DeMint made some remarks to two hundred or so supporters. The controversial former U.S. representative from the south suburbs launched into a stemwinder of a list of threats against the U.S. throughout history, from the Great Depression to terrorism to various wars. Then came this:

“I truly believe this . . . I believe this with all my heart, that the greatest threat to the United States today, the greatest threat to our liberty, the greatest threat to the Constitution, the greatest threat to our way of life, everything we believe in, the greatest threat to the country put together by the Founding Fathers, is the guy who is in the White House today.”

Tancredo’s out-there statement got a big cheer from the crowd, but not exactly an endorsement from the host, Buck. Asked by reporters after the speeches what he thought of Tancredo’s remarks, Buck took his own tack.

“I think he’s created a new word in the dictionary, it’s called a Tancredo-ism. I don’t agree. I think there are a lot of threats to this country, and I don’t think the man in the White House is the greatest threat to this country at all,” Buck said.

The Tanks wrong, its the combination of Pelosi, reid and Obama. This November you can vote to reduce the power of Reid and Pelosi, thus neutering Obama.

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We vote on August 12th. I wrote Ken Buck's office a week ago and asked why he objected to whatTom Tancredo said? I'd like to know why he would slap Tom in the face for what he and many of us believe? Obama is single handedly ruining what this country has stood for, ……..the People and our freedom………..another bill signed yesterday that will control everything we spend money on and noses snooping in our private lives. Yes, Tom is absolutely correct in what he said.

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